terrible danger

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleanddanger

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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danger
noun
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofterribleanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The policeman, more than anyone else in civil life, is vulnerable to thisterribledanger.
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The debate tonight illustrates a new and moreterribledangerwhich will inhibit confidence to invest.
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There is aterribledanger, in everything that we do, of confusing fashionable values with fundamental values.
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The wobbly cyclist, to my mind as an experienced motorist, is aterribledangeron the road.
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When that moment comes it will be one ofterribledanger, of course.
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Every one of us realises thisterribledangerof war.
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There is aterribledangerin over-emphasising the problems that the service faces.
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There is an elementary and overwhelming sense of immediate andterribledanger.
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We take that for granted and it just shows that it is possible to get agreement on important matters ofterribledanger.
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We cannot remove theterribledangerof nuclear war unless we have disarmament.
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In the last two wars we were late in getting away at the start, and were interribledangeras a result thereof.
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I should like girls at school to be warned specifically against theterribledangerof becoming too devoted to their sons.
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I do not suppose that anybody will deny that strikes, with their effect upon the community, are aterribledanger.
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If a solution on these lines is reached, there will be a chance for thisterribledangerspot being removed.
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It is the rule that he should be instantly discharged—for obvious reasons—for there is theterribledangerof infection.
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He warned me then of theterribledangerof over-rigidity in anything to do with defence.
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They show that there is aterribledanger.
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I am sure that it is aterribledanger.
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It is not a question of the number of deaths but of theterribledangerof infection which is now being spread.
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There is aterribledangerof enormously under-rating the people who live, often against great odds, within the inner city.
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